From owner-freebsd-current Sun Aug 3 09:36:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA01420 for current-outgoing; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 09:36:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pcpsj.pfcs.com (uFO4lLm+5JeH4LIVn/HPtjf6Pi3HyAAP@harlan.fred.net [205.252.219.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA01414 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 09:36:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mumps.pfcs.com (mumps.pfcs.com [192.52.69.11]) by pcpsj.pfcs.com (8.8.6/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA29737 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 12:36:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost by mumps.pfcs.com with SMTP id AA06903 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for ); Sun, 3 Aug 1997 12:36:11 -0400 To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports-current/packages-current discontinued In-Reply-To: louie@TransSys.COM's message of "Sun, 03 Aug 1997 10:54:06 EDT." <199708031454.KAA21556@whizzo.TransSys.COM> Date: Sun, 03 Aug 1997 12:36:09 -0300 Message-Id: <6901.870626169@mumps.pfcs.com> From: Harlan Stenn Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Like 3270 emulators, highly-device specific user-level code like > "stlload - Stallion Technologies multiport serial board down loader", > and an X-10 home automation daemon? You've stepped out on to a very > slippery slope here, and ultimately it's a judgement call and a > matter of taste. Agreed. I, for one, would rather see tcsh installed instead of csh, and I'd also rather have perl5 installed as the default perl, and only additionally install perl4 on the rare machine where there is some arcane script that really only runs under perl4. While I have no need for xten now, I might later, and I'd rather install it later. I can also see the need for keeping a "system profile" somewhere, so that site-wide and even machine-specific package can be stored so that a re-install can be performed with minimal interaction. Now to wait and see how soon before LDAP becomes more generally useful. H